April was an absolute whirlwind - I can't believe we're almost halfway through May!
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| Read to Self Outside! |
We have been working very hard in class, and are trying to keep our focus! This gets pretty tough when it's so beautiful outside, so we have tried to enjoy some learning opportunities outside as well!
Our Language Arts focus over the past few week has been on building strong, juicy and detailed sentences. In grammar, we have looked at verbs, adjectives, figurative language(onomatopoeia, similes, metaphors) and how we can use them to enhance our writing and make it more interesting to the reader.
This week, we read the book Walter the Farting Dog by William Kotzwinkle. This is a lovely tale about a flatulence prone dog who (SPOILER) saves his families valuables from burglars thanks to his terrible farts! 
With this story we worked on how we can write a News Article! Some of the skills we were practicing where being about to describe a single event, including who, what, where, when, why and how? After the story we filled our a graphic organizer, wrote rough drafts of our articles. With our rough drafts we practiced the editing process to go over our work, check for capitalization, punctuation, and how we can enhance our writing using adjectives or figurative language. Our final drafts were done in google drawings. 
With our figurative language exploration, we also worked on some onomatopoeia art! Onomatopoeia is words that name or form as sound (sizzle, cuckoo), and are often seen in graphic novels. In pairs students searched various graphic novels to find different examples. 
After we had brainstormed all our words, student choose their own to create word art based on the sound it made.
They turned out GREAT! They were modeled after the style of Roy Lichtenstein's comic book art, using bright primary colours.
In Math, we have been working through division strategies and basic math facts. This has included completing math word problems and determining if we are needing to multiply or divide to solve the problem. 
Students have been playing various games to practice their times tables up to 9 X 9. Some of the games we have played are Multiplication Grid Races, Multiplication Golf and Multiplication War (with no face cards). You can ask your child to play some games with you at home! The stronger students become with their multiplication table the more beneficial it will be to them when dividing as well. 
In Science, we have begun our unit on Lights and Shadows. Through a few experiments we have concluded some interesting facts about light:- Light sources can be natural or man made.
- Objects can either emit their own light, or reflect light.
- We see objects because of the light that reflects off of them.
- The Moon reflects light.
- Light travels in a straight path.
- Our sky is blue because like has a rainbow of colours, but when it hits the gases in out atmosphere it scatters the straight path into short wavy lines which produces the blue colour.
We have had a few visitors into our school in preparation for Bike Safety week! On Wednesday, the health nurse came and gave a very informative presentation on the need for helmets and how important our brains are! Bike Safety starts today, with helmet checks and continues next week, bring your bikes in!!!
Bob the Egg demonstrates the safety of helmets!
Important Dates and Reminders:
- Bike Safety next week!
- Please sign Swimming, Warwa, and Bike Safety forms on Powerschool.
- No School May 19 - 22 (Victoria Day)
- Class photos May 24th.
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